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Stormbringer · 12-29-2015, 06:14 AM

Ah yes, Monsieur La Marquis De Sade. I've got a great biography of him. He narrowly escaped getting his head cut off during the French Revolution only to be imprisoned for years by Napoleon. He continued to write however and when his jailers took away his paper, ink and pens he secretly wrote in his own blood with a sharpened fingernail on his clothes. His work was shocking by the standards of the day and only since the Surrealists made a hero out of him in the 1930s have his books slowly seen the light of day again.

Now getting back to Baroque harpsichord music. With the following three pieces we are in the presence of a truly great master, Francois Couperin (1668 - 1733) He was probably the greatest keyboard virtuoso in France and indeed in Europe before Bach. He worked at Versailles in the orchestra of Louis XIV - quite a job! It's very difficult to pick just a few of his works but the following are some of my favourites.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31O-JLSCRfs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeED41D-T3c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoh2eftnmoM

Ciao for now, S.

12-29-2015, 06:14 AM	#12
Stormbringer Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 206	Ah yes, Monsieur La Marquis De Sade. I've got a great biography of him. He narrowly escaped getting his head cut off during the French Revolution only to be imprisoned for years by Napoleon. He continued to write however and when his jailers took away his paper, ink and pens he secretly wrote in his own blood with a sharpened fingernail on his clothes. His work was shocking by the standards of the day and only since the Surrealists made a hero out of him in the 1930s have his books slowly seen the light of day again. Now getting back to Baroque harpsichord music. With the following three pieces we are in the presence of a truly great master, Francois Couperin (1668 - 1733) He was probably the greatest keyboard virtuoso in France and indeed in Europe before Bach. He worked at Versailles in the orchestra of Louis XIV - quite a job! It's very difficult to pick just a few of his works but the following are some of my favourites. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31O-JLSCRfs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeED41D-T3c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoh2eftnmoM Ciao for now, S.